41. FOCUS STACKING FOR MACRO PHOTOGRAPHY
MACRO PHOTOGRAPHY USES specialized lenses that allow for extreme close-up images. These lenses have a very small minimum focusing distance, which also means that they have a very shallow depth of field. Every photographer knows that the aperture plays a major role in determining the depth of field, but the distance between the subject and the lens also plays a role. The closer the lens is to the subject, the shallower the depth of field will be. This doesn’t make a huge difference when you’re shooting landscapes or portraits, but it has a large effect on macro images. This makes focus stacking perfect for ...
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